The Uncertain Art, Sherwin B. Nuland
The Uncertain Art, Sherwin B. Nuland
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The Uncertain Art
Thoughts on a Life in Medicine

Author: Sherwin B. Nuland

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/03/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, Medical, Nursing


Synopsis

Long-time physician Sherwin B. Nuland presents a provocative and stimulating collection of stories illustrating the vagaries of medical practice over the years. Among the fascinating and probing questions that Nuland investigates are:

—What does the first Hippocratic Oath really mean?

—What happens when knowledge comes before we're ready for it?

—Why does major surgery using only acupuncture work?

—Is there really sympathy between the organs of the body?

—What happens when someone yells, "Is there a doctor in the house?" and you are the doctor?

—What goes through the mind of a heart transplant candidate who doesn't make it?

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Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

This collection of essays by one of my favorite authors is aptly titled: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine, and given the long and varied experiences Dr. Nuland has had, this book had to be added to my ever growing collection of his prolific writings. Most of the essays are reprints from his articles o......more

Goodreads review by lola

Anyone who mentions the Flexner report without mentioning that it helped to close down pretty much every medical school for black or women doctors has a big heavy stupid white privilege knapsack shoved up his ass. Otherwise not such a bad dude, loved the end piece about his bromance with a heart tra......more

Goodreads review by Todd

Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult. - Hippocrates The Uncertain Art: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine is precisely what you’d expect from the subtitle – the musings of a physician after a lifetime’s work in the field (Nuland, a surgeon and teach......more

Goodreads review by Angela

Excellent! Need to find more articles from the medical journal.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

There were many interesting insights into not only the life of a physician but the art of medicine and the care, body and soul, of the patient. It is written in self-contained, essay-like format, so you can pick and choose which parts you find most compelling or interesting. The section on acupunctu......more